This is really cute; it feels like something out of a Disney movie, but it’s actually happening. An animal refuge in Whitby matched two orphaned badgers with an abandoned young fox cub named Phoebe, and the strange trio’s budding bond has amazed animal lovers. When a small fox cub, just two months old, was brought to the shelter for care, the staff was utterly bewildered because, strange
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A major lunar standstill is about to occur. The phenomenon happens every 18.6 years when the moon rises and sets at its most extreme points on the horizon, while also climbing to its highest and lowest point in the sky. Where the moon rises and sets on the horizon changes constantly. (Image credit: Alan Dyer/Stocktrek Images via Getty Images) In addition to the April 8 to
Once thought impossible to exist, water frost found atop Mars' Tharsis region volcanoes could come in handy for future human exploration missions, new research suggests. An illustration of Olympus Mons, the largest known volcano in the solar system. Mars may have a mantle plume that's fueling its earthquakes and recent volcanism. (Image credit: SEBASTIAN KAULITZKI/SCIENCE PHOTO L
Tool use among orangutans was first documented by Carel van Schaik. In 1994, Carel observed orangutans developing tools to help themselves eat, while conducting field work in Gunung Leuser National Park, in the northwest Sumatra. Specifically the orangutans were using sticks to pry open pulpy fruits that have “Plexiglas needles” capable of delivering a painful jab covering them. Using
It is no exaggeration to say that puppies are too adorable to be real. They are the cutest little furry balls that exist on the planet Earth. The Puppy Spring facility in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, regularly posts pics of its adorable little critters napping, and these pictures are so cute that they’re taking over the internet. The daycare center takes care of doggies who are older than 12 weeks
If you thought having three or four little children at home was tough, imagine what this mother goose must be going through with 47 excessively dependent goslings under her care. Can someone fix her a week’s worth of endless massages and mojitos? It won’t fix her stress but it could help her life. As captured by a Canadian photographer, Mike Digout, this mother goose waddles through t
You may have seen pictures of this amazing dreamland, you’ve probably questioned if it’s had a little photoshop work as well, Peru is said to be the world’s longest wave. From the point to the pier it runs for just 1. 6 km and up to 3 minutes on the clock from take off, the entire cape of Chicama where the waves break is about 4 kilometres. https://www.garagemovies.com/articles/wp-conten
Photograph by William Redmond Helmcken Falls is a 141 m (463 ft) waterfall on the Murtle River within Wells Gray Provincial Park in British Columbia, Canada. In fact, the protection of Helmcken Falls was one of the reasons for the creation of Wells Gray Provincial Park in 1939. If that’s not a testament to it’s beauty I don’t know what is! Now most people can agree that waterfalls lo
Monsanto is a village in Portugal that is defined by its unique landscape. Houses are located between, on top of, and beneath giant boulders. Monsanto, known as the “Holy Mountain,” has remained largely unchanged since its creation from stone over 500 years ago. In 1938, Monsanto was called the most “Portuguese town in Portugal”. The village is perched on a mountaintop with views of th
A photographer waited three years to capture these epic shots of the northern lights above an erupting volcano. Jeroen Van Nieuwenhove, a Belgian photographer who lives in Iceland, took these incredible images of the northern lights above the active Fagradalsfall volcano in Iceland on April 15. Van Nieuwenhove says he has been fascinated by the idea of capturing the